İstismarci yönetimin hedefe ulaşmada engellenmislik - iritasyon modeli: Sosyal problem-çözme becerisinin moderatör rolü

Drawing upon the Stressor-emotion model (Spector & Fox, 2005), we developed and tested a model that examines the effect of a leader's goal blockage perception as an identity-threatening factor on his/her abusive supervision through the leader's irritation. The data were collected from 217 participants who hold leadership positions in different industries in the United States. Results of the survey study support that a leader's goal blockage perception is associated with his/her abusive supervision through the leader's increased irritation. Moreover, the leader's social problem-solving skills attenuates the effects of perceived goal blockage and irritation on abusive supervision. Leaders with higher social problem-solving skills are less likely to abuse their subordinates even when they perceive goal blockage and they are irritated. In order to provide more robust evidence for the internal validity of the effect of leaders' goal blockage on abusive supervision, we attempted to conduct an experimental study as Study 2. However, our attempt was not successful; we elaborated on the reasons why it was not. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings, and future research directions.